corbel
Americannoun
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any bracket, especially one of brick or stone, usually of slight extent.
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a short horizontal timber supporting a girder.
verb (used with object)
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to set (bricks, stones, etc.) so as to form a corbel or corbels (usually followed byout ).
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to support by means of a corbel or corbels.
noun
verb
Other Word Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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corbelsimple
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corbelssimple
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have corbeledperfect
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have corbelledperfect
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has corbeledperfect
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has corbelledperfect
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am corbelingprogressive
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am corbellingprogressive
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are corbelingprogressive
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are corbellingprogressive
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is corbelingprogressive
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is corbellingprogressive
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have been corbelingperfect progressive
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have been corbellingperfect progressive
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has been corbelingperfect progressive
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has been corbellingperfect progressive
Past
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corbeledsimple
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corbelledsimple
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had corbeledperfect
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had corbelledperfect
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was corbelingprogressive
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was corbellingprogressive
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were corbelingprogressive
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were corbellingprogressive
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had been corbelingperfect progressive
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had been corbellingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of corbel
1375–1425; late Middle English < Middle French < Medieval Latin corvellus, equivalent to Latin corv ( us ) raven 1 + -ellus diminutive suffix
Vocabulary lists containing corbel
Example Sentences
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Though it needed considerable love, he knew, largely thanks to an original marble fireplace with neo-Classical corbel detailing and an unusual wrought-iron spiral staircase, that it was where he wanted to be.
From New York Times • Mar. 23, 2022
At 11 inches tall, the classic creature can serve as an indoor wall corbel or bookend.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 16, 2021
“Aggressive excavation of concrete at the severely deteriorated pool corbel could affect the stability of the remaining adjacent concrete construction,” Morabito and his colleagues wrote.
From Washington Post • Jul. 2, 2021
In the largest houses, the stairwells are joiner’s poems of raking architrave, barley twist, corbel and column-newel.
From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2014
The southern doorway is quite denuded, and even its buttresses rise without as much as a corbel to soften their lines.
From Cathedrals of Spain by John A.
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